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Pendjari and W-Benin National Parks REDD+ Project

Verra (VCS) · VCS2538 · Benin

Credits issued
290,700
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
0% of issued
Remaining
290,700
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Registered

The record

Project ID
VCS2538
Registry
Verra (VCS)
Type
REDD+ · Forestry & Land Use
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
VM0009 Methodology for Avoided Ecosystem Conversion
Developer
African Parks Benin (A Branch of African Parks Network) · 1 project
Country
Benin
First vintage
2017
Buffer pool deposits
63,817
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08

Community involvement

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Status and timeline

Registry status
Registered (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2017
Credits issued
290,700 (retired 0)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Named place A named place from the project title or documents, found on OpenStreetMap and hand-checked
Coordinates
11.2329, 1.4924
Source
OpenStreetMap (Nominatim), hand-checked
Note
Pendjari National Park (named in the project title)
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Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.
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